But I did it. After procrastinating madly for two days, I plucked up the courage to finish the climactic scene and write the denouement.
And this, for those who are wondering, is what a manuscript looks like when you write it by hand.
The pens on top are the ones that gave their lives so this manuscript [...]
Okay. I have said before, publicly, to my alpha reader no less, that I hate reading about antagonists. Especially sympathetic ones acting out of necessity.
I swore that I would not have scenes from my antagonist’s POV in this WIP. No way, no how.
Then I realised that having a scene from my antagonist’s POV solved a [...]
Yes, that’s right. I’ve been writing for 42 days straight on the same project. Can’t believe it? Neither can I…
Anyway, here’s the progress report. It seems like only yesterday I was doing the 28 day report.
Total words of manuscript: 72,800
Words written during marathon: 54,400
Words written this fortnight: 17,800
Days actually writing: 12
Hours writing: 18
Avg words per [...]
I was over at Adventures in Writing and they asked readers to post their title and blurb. Since I hadn’t actually written a blurb yet, I threw something together. I don’t mind it as a blurb, but I’d love to hear your opinion. Does it make you want to read the book? [...]
Thanks to everyone who pitched in with suggestions for the name of my antagonist group. I now have lots of ideas churning around. You guys are great.
Yesterday was day 28 of my End of the book or bust marathon. Today is the halfway point, exactly. I am so damn chuffed that I am still going. [...]
My subconscious is trying to sabotage my writing career, I swear.
I found out today that the antagonists in my story share the same name as a publishing company. A prominent publishing company. Oops!
Thank goodness for find/replace.
Anyway, I need a new name for the mining consortium owned by my antagonist’s family, and I’m all out of [...]
I am deeply, thoroughly, enticingly immersed in the story at the moment, and I’m enjoying it while it lasts.
I know my brain; it won’t be long.
I was reading through an earlier part of the story the other day, looking to re-familiarise myself with a scene and check what the characters had said. I flicked through [...]
Yesterday marked 14 days of my End of the book or bust marathon. So here’s a short recap of the journey so far.
Total words of manuscript: ~48,500 (handwritten)
Words written during marathon: ~18,500
Days writing: 13
Hours writing: 20.5
Avg words per day: 1300
Avg words per hour: 900
Best writing day: day 6, 2,100 words
Worst writing day: day 10, 0 [...]
In the first version of this novel (this is the third version, for those coming in late), I stopped and rewrote from scratch before I got anywhere near the middle, due to plot problems that needed to be dealt with. 16,700 words that will never see the light of day.
In the second version, I [...]
What I love about writing, about creating in general, is taking one, boring sentence and turning it into an entire scene, just by letting your mind take you to places you didn’t know existed. When you reach the stage where you can tap into that creativity without any conscious effort, you know that you are [...]
